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Sickle cell disease status among school adolescents and their tribal community in South Gujarat

Vasava, Bipin and Chudasama, Rajesh K and Godara, Naresh R and Srivastava, Ratan K (2009) Sickle cell disease status among school adolescents and their tribal community in South Gujarat. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]

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Abstract

Objectives: to create awareness, to screen samples of school adolescents and then to reach their community through them by doing surveillance for sickle cell disease. Design: Field based cross-sectional study. Settings: St Xavier`s high school and Vanraj high school of Umarpada taluka of Surat district. Subjects: School adolescents, their parents and friends. Method: After taking permission from school authority, blood samples of 948 school adolescents were taken for DTT test and then for electrophoresis. Blood samples of motivated parents and friends of those adolescents found positive for DTT was taken in subsequent visit and results were communicated to them. Results: Blood samples of 948 school adolescents, out of 1081 were tested for DTT test. It was positive in 242 samples, giving a prevalence of 25.5% for sickle cell disease. On subjecting the positive blood samples to electrophoresis, the proportion of sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease was found to be 92% and 8% respectively. Then electrophoresis was done in 64 parents and friends, 24 (37.5%) of them were found positive of which, 14 (58%) were having sickle cell trait and 10 (42%) having sickle cell disease. Conclusion: approaching community can be possible through school adolescents for conduction of surveillance of sickle cell anemia

Item Type:Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)
Keywords:Adolescents, Sickle cell disease, Sickle cell trait, Tribal, Gujarat
Subjects:JOURNALS > Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
ID Code:6670
Deposited By: Kakkilaya Bevinje, Dr. Srinivas
Deposited On:14 Nov 2009 11:38
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:57

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